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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the boy sustain the injuries suffered in the incident at Home and Simpson streets in Chapter 2?
(a) He fell from his bike while riding.
(b) He was beaten.
(c) He was injured while playing ball.
(d) He was struck by a car.

2. What ethnic group was now predominate in the formerly Irish neighborhood in which Smith grew up?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Puerto Ricans.
(c) Dominicans.
(d) Blacks.

3. Why did the Fire Department persist in holding parties for children who regularly harassed firefighters?
(a) They hoped to make it easier to catch the pranksters.
(b) They were required to do so by the city officials.
(c) They were trying to build bridges within the community.
(d) They were required to do so by neighborhood officials.

4. What disease did one of the firefighters contract?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) A bacterial infection.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. Why were the five adults and two children unable to escape the burning building?
(a) Because the fire escape was broken.
(b) Because the doors were locked from the outside to kep drug addicts out.
(c) Because a partial roof collapse blocked their way.
(d) Because the fire on the floors below stopped them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some kids pull false fire alarms, according to the book?

2. What orders did the doctors give Smith after his injury from the Prospect Avenue fire?

3. Why did Smith not eat hamburgers when fellow firefighters prepared them for the station dinner?

4. How did the Charlotte Street fire become easier to battle?

5. In Smith's view, what needed to happen before people stopped assaulting firefighters?

(see the answer key)

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